Len Cariou
Born: 1939-09-30 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
Leonard Joseph “Len” Cariou (born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor. He gained prominence for his Tony Award-winning title role in the original cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979). Prior, Cariou had earned nominations for his performances in musicals Applause (1970) and A Little Night Music (1973). Cariou has had supporting roles in films such as The Four Seasons (1981), Thirteen Days (2000), About Schmidt (2002), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Prisoners (2013), and Spotlight (2015). On television, he is known for recurring roles in the shows Murder, She Wrote (1985–1992), Brotherhood (2005-2006), and Damages (2010) and his starring role in Blue Bloods (2010–2024).
Filmography
2026
- Wildwood as (voice)
- American Classic as Linus Bean
2025
- Boston Blue as Henry Reagan
2021
- Show of Titles as "Mame" Performer
2020
- Stars in the House as Self
2019
- When They See Us as DA Robert Morgenthau
2018
- Bumblebee as Hank
- Death Wish as Ben
2015
- Spotlight as Cardinal Law
2013
- Prisoners as Father Patrick Dunn
- Wallander: The Troubled Man as Atkins
2010
- Blue Bloods as Henry Reagan
2009
- Into the Storm as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
2008
- The Onion Movie as Norm Archer
2007
- Damages as Louis Tobin
- Army Wives as Randall Meade
- 1408 as Mike's Father
2006
- Flags of Our Fathers as Mr. Beech
- Brotherhood as Judd Fitzgerald
- The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as James Tyrone (segment "Long Day's Journey Into Night")
2005
- Wallander as Atkins
- The Greatest Game Ever Played as Stedman Comstock
- Boynton Beach Club as Jack
2004
- Secret Window as Sheriff Dave Newsome
- Sex Traffic as Magnus Herzoff
- The Skulls III as Dean Lawton
2002
- About Schmidt as Ray Nichols
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Frank McCarty
- Nuremberg as Francis Biddle
- Thirteen Days as Dean Acheson
1999
- The West Wing as Alan Damson
- Mentors as Alexander Graham Bell
- Border Line as Jerry
- In the Company of Spies as The President
1998
- Race for the Record as Narrator (voice)
1997
- The Practice as Defense Attorney Weiland
- New York Underground as Narrator
1996
- Executive Decision as Secretary of Defense Charles White
- FX: The Series as Charles Emery
- Swift Justice as Al Swift
- A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury as Self
- The Summer of Ben Tyler as Spencer Maitland
- A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story as Harry Jansen
- 1996 New York Yankees: The Official World Series Film as Self - Narrator
1995
- Star Trek: Voyager as Admiral Edward Janeway
- The Outer Limits as Father Anton Jonascu
- Never Talk to Strangers as Henry Taylor
- The Man in the Attic as Joe Heldmann
- A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story as Walt Disney
- Derby as Henry Woods
- 1995 Atlanta Braves: The Official World Series Film as Himself - Narrator
1994
- Getting In as Dr. Lionel Higgs / Dr. Ezekial Higgs
- Witness to the Execution as Jake Tyler
- Love on the Run as Noah Cross
1993
- Class of '61 as Dr. Leland Peyton
- The Sea Wolf as Dr. Picard
- Miracle on Interstate 880 as Buck Helm
- 1993 Toronto Blue Jays: The Official World Series Film as Self - Narrator
1990
- Law & Order as Edgar Beezley
1989
- An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated as Narrator
- The Johnstown Flood as Narrator
1988
- American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- Lady in White as Phil Terragarossa
1987
- There Were Times, Dear as Bob Millard
- A Giants History: The Tale of Two Cities as Narrator
1986
- Killer in the Mirror
- An Amazin' Era as Narrator
1985
- Surviving as David Brogan
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Michael Hagarty
- Louisiana as Oswald
1983
- The Tempest as Prospero
1982
- The Taming of the Shrew as Petruchio
1981
- The Four Seasons as Nick Callan
- Madame X as John Abbott
1978
- Who'll Save Our Children? as Matt Laver
- Drying Up the Streets as Larry
- Canada Vignettes: Spence's Republic as Narrator
- Canada Vignettes: Fort Prince of Wales as Narrator
- Canada Vignettes: Lady Frances Simpson as Narrator
1977
- One Man as Jason Brady
- A Little Night Music as Frederick Egerman
1971
- Great Performances as Self
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee